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I understand that its usual to ask questions about game-based series in the thread that discusses the series. I tried to watch it, but it eventually diverged too much from what the game appeared to depict (I'm basing this on the CG collection of the game) and got too fanservicey for my taste.

Since the anime doesn't seem to be the place to go to get questions about what the game was about answered, I thought I'd get some more answers here. I know some users here have played it, as since I've seen it being mentioned in "the favourite eroge" thread. If some of those users might be so gracious as to share their knowledge with fans like me who who like visual novels but have no knowledge of Japanese, I (and the rest of the posters here who might fit that category) would be most grateful.

There are SPOILERS from here on in. Please remember that the little I can divine from game comes from the CG pack.

Spoiler for Touka Gettan:

-For starters, I can tell from the promotional materials that Shouko, Makoto, Nene, and Momoka were the most heavily promoted heroines of the game. So why renege on that hype by making characters like Riko Futaba, Asuna Shirakawa, the Class President and the girl with curly hair (I haven't seen translations of what their names are yet) the only ones with full endings (with h-scenes)?

-Makoto looks like she might have an ending of her own, given that there's a suspicious series of CGs that show Touka and Makoto each playing flutes to perform some sort of magic, not to mention one where she's sitting on his lap. If indeed there is an ending for her, did Carnelian or ROOT give a reason as to why there were no h-scenes for her?

-What is Fuu's role in the game? She was supposed to be a cameo for Mizuna from this game's prequel, but since I can find no trace whatsoever of Juna in the CGs or character pictures, I'm not sure whether the trio of goddesses from the anime are in the game (Sei from the game looks much different as well). Furthermore, there's that suspicious CG of Kikyou dead and impaled with many swords--is she a villain in the game? And speaking of cameos, what business did Io Azuma from Kao no nai Tsuki have mucking about in Touka Gettan?

-If indeed the game was released in an incomplete state (this is from what I remember of the TG thread before I left it), when will they release a more complete version? And what is Carnelian sick with if that was indeed the reason for the delay?

I think those questions will do for now. I'll ask more if someone is so kind as to answer my current questions. Why not share the wealth?

Alright, I have the game and I started playing it today. My Japanese skills leave much to be desired, but I think I have a very general grasp of what's going on. The music is awesome.

Spoiler:

The introduction of the game has Yumiko talking to us about something. I'm guessing this is an epilogue of sorts, because the game randomly starts showing CG's from the end of the game. Kind of like episode 25 of the anime.

The real game starts with Kikyou talking about her doll, or at least I think it is. It's her voice, but the character is listed as "??". Touka (you) then wakes up in Yumiko's room, except he doesn't know where he is or who she is. Yumiko cries for a little bit. He talks to Nene, who introduces herself and says that his name is Touka, he lives in the Kamiazuma estate, and he goes to Touka Academy.

Some options to wander around the house. I've met anther maid whose name is Gotanda Sachiko. I ran into three other people, but their pictures and names weren't shown. Their voices sound like Makoto and Haruhiko. The third one is probably Momoka.

That's all for today. This is my first time playing a visual novel, so I'm very confused....

Is "Gotanda Sachiko" the maid with the long blue hair? She shows up in a very odd CG where she and Nene are serving tea to Touka and Haruhiko--while wearing PLAYBOY BUNNY costumes. Hope you fill us in on the rest of the details!

Sachiko is the old fat maid. She's nice though. Someone made a character chart at Hongfire, and I'll dig it up sometime.

Spoiler:

Still just exploring the house. Met a bunch of maids and other servants.
-The head chef is that old guy who looks like a pirate named Ooshima (大島).
-I met Sachiko again and she told me I'm not allowed in a certain room.
-Touka is quite the ladies' man. When I met one maid, he calls her a pretty person before onee-chan-ing her to get her name. She's Kaifu Atsuko (海部 敦子), one of the dark-haired maids. She's at some other room she tells me is private.

"Onee-channing her" Does that mean Touka referred to her as "onee-chan" or that Touka did something else?

I checked the kanji of her name and it does seem that she'll be the one to wear that playboy bunny costume. She also seems to be a student at the academy as well; in fact, there are a few other characters who wear the Kamiazuma maid uniform at one time or another according to the CGs. Nene Midou seems to be the only full-time maid, as opposed to part-time.

Sounds great! Would that more people have shared the wealth of info earlier . . .

And then a little bit more today...Silly game requires Japanese settings to work.

Spoiler:

-Touka surprises Haruhiko when they first meet, and then knocks him down. Haruhiko is highly embarrassed and flustered, and blushes a lot during their following chat. I think Haruhiko says the two of them are second cousins (once removed, if it's like the anime). Touka is really cocky...
-In the place Touka meets Momoka, some random voice creeps him out starts ordering him to come closer (it's kurosa, in katakana). Touka kinda sounds like he's in pain, gasping and even blacking out a few times. Some girl runs over him. Everything goes black, and he wakes up in some dark place with a crazy woman's voice. Then a the girl that ran him over asks if he's okay (er, actually he ends up on top of her). The girl turns out to be Momoka, who doesn't sound like she's voiced by Hayami Saori . But anyway, Touka is embarrassed, and grimaces in pain when that other voices starts saying "closer, closer" again. Lots of blacking out again, but he ends up back in the normal room. Looks like he gets punched several times and starts bleeding. And then he falls upon Momoka a second time, and he's quite surprised to see that she refers to herself as "boku". She asks him what her name is, and if she's a child in this house. Touka tells her that he thinks she is one of their daughters. Lots of pain, even though he keeps telling her that he's okay when she asks. She says she ate something earlier, and it was wonderful. The second bento she ate was good too, but the first one, Mako-chan's, was better. Mako came with Momoka to this place, and she's going to Touka Academy as well. But then she starts going on and on about food...She had her crazy face, and hearts floating around everywhere... She leaves after a bit, and Touka realizes that he never got her name.
-Some sort of thing in between where Touka is staring at the night sky. Nene knocks him out. Some other lady, in a school uniform and floating among the glass shards, starts speaking. She refers to herself as "ore" (in katakana, like Touka, but not in kanji like Haruhiko..hmm)...and I didn't catch the rest. Touka wakes up Yumiko's room in the morning, but he doesn't know how he got there, and remembers he had a strange dream. Then he finds Yumiko sleeping next to him, and there was a lot of text I couldn't read. She looks pretty, but he knows that she's supposedly his Mama (-_-'''). The sky is all cloudy, and Touka is annoyed.
-In some dark haze, Nene comes in and asks if Yumiko is alright. Touka and Nene talk about how they understand each other. She asks if he's awakened as a person, but he doesn't know. Who is she to ask these kinds of questions? Nene gets knocked over by some other unkown girl and....uhh...I went into battle mode where I defeated some monster...what the heck.... Anyway, the Butterfly Sisters appear and start talking and laughing at him. They disappear before Touka can get a word in.
-Now, outside, Touka reflects to himself about how weird that experience just was. Then he goes to a big room in the estate, talks to himself some more.
-Then the little girl Touka with the twintails appears in some red light. More monologues, and Touka starts to walk away, but she tells him to wait. She puts a small hand on him, which causes him a lot of pain, and grasps a sheathed, ceremonial knife (I'm assuming it came from within him). He blacks out yet again.
-Touka wakes up again, in front of the girl that floats among the glass shards. She talks about the gods in their land, and other stuff, but it doesn't seem to be directed at him, and there's no one else with them. Long talk, and then she disappears. Touka ends up looking at the clouds again, and he hears rain coming down. A lot of text that I couldn't read.
-Suddenly in a broken down room with a hole in the roof.

Alright. Everything that happens after the room where I met Haruhiko was all from choosing to go to one room. I'm not really sure how they're connected so far. Heck, I hardly know what I'm reading/hearing and doing, which is why this summary probably sounds disjointed. I write the things down as they happen.

I didn't mean to play that long today, but that path still isn't finished yet...haha...

I'm still at a loss as to why Nene wasn't given her own ending though. And I KNOW that there have been more than a few people on this forum who have played the game; why can't they contribute to this thread as well?

Kaifu Atsuko has a rather interesting speech sample at the game's main site, something that starts with "Eh? Honto ni . . . " Maybe someone could translate it here.

-Touka hears clapping, and he looks up to see the Butterfly Sisters floating over him through the hole in the roof. They refer to some "Otou-sama", and then lots of their antics. I think they describe how they are like him, and ask him why he has no memories, what power he has, why he doesn't know much. They finally introduce themselves as Hibari, Tsubame and Suzume, and tell him they want to be friends. More questions, and Touka gets all frustrated again. They teleport down to the floor with him, and ask him if he goes to Touka Academy, but he doesn't know. The tell him it's a pretty school, and that they have their club there. The sisters giggle at him because he doesn't seem to know anything. They float out of the house again, bid him good day (it's nighttime) and promise to see him again.
-....and then the hole in the roof suddenly fixes itself when the sisters disappear...Touka finds himself in some room in his big house, and he hears birds outside after a recent rain.
-Back at the front garden again, Touka reflects on what the sisters told him, wondering if it was a dream. He reminds himself to ask Nene about Touka Academy. Yumiko comes in, humming, and Touka says good morning. She's confused and asks him if she's his mother, but it can't be true....but he called her mama...(I think she's in boku mode right now)...and suddenly, another person comes out and knocks Touka's face into the pond. It was Nene, and she looks angry. He asks what the heck she was doing, and is rewarded with another kick. Nene then immediately goes back to her genki self and wishes Yumiko good morning, and says today is beautiful. Yumiko is still confused, but Nene tells her it was no one, and goes to make breakfast. Nene prods Yumiko like a little girl to the dining place.
-Night. Touka wakes up again, and Nene appears to ask him if he needs anything. She says she's glad Yumiko's fine when Touka asks if she's having fun. Touka Academy let Touka in (I think). Something about the head of the Kamiazuma clan, Kiyoharu, letting him in. She apologizes for being mean to him that morning. They say goodnight, because Touka is supposed to go to bed early in preparation for his first day of school tomorrow. Nene either teases him about being girly, or dressing like a girl or meeting one...or something. But he's tired, so Nene leaves him to sleep.

Mazryonh, you should give the anime another try. It's really beautiful and modern. I really, really liked it, and I was curious how this story turned out, so I got my hands on the game and started to play. It has fanservice, but it's hardly as H as the game CG's.

Yeah, I was wondering as to why there was a CG in game featuring Nene kicking Touka into what looked like water.

I ditched the TG anime because while it had a fair share of Glitz and Flash, I didn't like the amount of yuri (something I've never had a taste for) and the fanservice didn't quite work with me. Things like the inclusion of the Yamibou cast just screamed "LOOK AT THIS!" in the wrong way to me (and I didn't quite like Yamibou either).

Then there's the matter of the art. I know that making every frame of the anime look as good as Carnelian's original art is nearly impossible (in fact, the closest I've seen is probably the H-OVA for Kao no nai tsuki), but the more I looked at it the more it struck me as wrong or out of place with Carnelian's originals. I've looked at the Megami promotional art for the anime and somehow the eyes and hair (something which Carnelian often gets impeccably right) just turned me off.

I was also looking into the anime in the hope that it would provide answers as to what happened in the game. No luck there (in fact I think no anime based on Carnelian-illustrated games have ever stayed close to the plot of the originals). Just a quick look at the character selection screen for the game's official website shows lots of characters that never made it or were reduced to cameos for the anime (such as Asuna, Riko, Atsuko, etc.). Even Sei is pretty different in the game than she is in the anime (in fact I believe that Juna is purely an invention by the anime's creators). Since it didn't have the answers I was looking for, I saw no reason to keep watching the show.

Well, at least I do get to know the game in some small measure thanks to your generousity. Would that others would be so kind . . .

Different doesn't mean it's bad. The Touka Gettan anime is probably the most beautiful series I've seen so far. Exotic backgrounds, detailed costumes, the black and white episode, the play...I have a long list. The ending (...or the beginning if you want to think about it that way) was so beautiful that I almost cried, and I know I wasn't the only one. Plus, things are a lot more fun when they're in motion. So far, I think I've played maybe about one or two episodes' worth of the game, and the anime grabbed my attention much more because of the WTF factor.

Spoiler for March 7th Evening Edition:

-In the middle of the night Touka is awakened by some small red bird with a deep voice waking him up (he's even got spectacles! ). And he's got a funny accent, though I don't recognize where it's from. The bird rambles on a bit more, before Touka tells him to shut up and slaps him away. The bird eventually reveals that the name of the land they're in right now is Kamitsumihara, and he can't believe Touka doesn't know that. Bird's name is Urashima (うらしま). He says the Butterfly Triplets are his daughters (he's the otou-sama they spoke of yesterday). After speaking some more with Touka, he's surprised again how he doesn't seem to know some person/place called Sugawara Nomichizanekou (菅原道真公), but Touka reminds him again that he has few memories. Touka tells Urashima to go away because he's tired, and they'll talk again tomorrow.
-Nene wakes Touka up in the morning, shakes him violently, and dresses him. She asks if he's met Momoka yet, but he hasn't heard of her. Nene says Momoka is Kiyoharu's son's fiancée, and then tells him to smile because there's a camera trained on him. Some clicks, there's a section from Momoka's point of view. She is talking to herself while taking pictures, when she spots Touka, getting dressed by Nene in his school uniform. Momoka is too busy squealing to herself about the photo chance that she doesn't notice Touka coming toward her until he is right in front of her, staring through the lens. Touka teases her about her digital camera (oh, and this time she calls herself watashi, either because she's being formal, or she has a watashi mode), and drags her into the house where he forces her to introduce herself formally. He realizes that she's the girl from the other day. Nene laughs at him for having such a cute fan. He has a fantasy about several girls adoring him at school.

Yes, Ken-chan was the thing I thought of first when I saw Urashima. The Thanks Disk update has new scenarios, so there's a chance Kikyou does appear in CG's now. I'm pretty sure she has her own character sprite thing though.

I might go play a little bit more tonight, so stay tuned.
I didn't really feel like it tonight, but here are a few videos to hold you over for a little bit (will be very busy next week).
Game commercial - it got stuck in my head last spring when I started watching my anime, and it popped up again when I finished

That reminds me; there were a number of other characters not displayed in the character chart too, such as a man who looks suspiciously like Shouko's brother, or a man in a white suit and hat who talks to Yumiko in one CG.

Perhaps as you play on you'll discover why the characters wear eyeless masks at times, or why Fuu has no other facial expressions in her character files.

-Nene teases Momoka for a little bit before she realizes they'll be late for school. Atsuko comes in and hurries Touka and Momoka out of the room. They stop quickly in the main hall to greet Kiyoharu, who introduces himself to Touka as the head of the house, and tells the two of them to do their best at school. He refers to someone named Yuriko, which confuses Touka, so he asks if Kiyoharu is referring to his mother Yumiko, but Kiyoharu doesn't answer the question. Kiyoharu also mentions that he's the director of Touka Academy, tells Haruhiko to hurry up, and the three "kids" are sent off.
-Touka is surprised that Momoka calls him "Touka-chan", she says it's because Nene did it, but Touka says it's alright. Momoka remarks that Nene is like a big sister to them. Lots of random talk where Touka riles up a flustered Haruhiko. ("Should we call you 'Onii-chan'?" in a little kid voice...). Geez, are they ever going to go to school?
-Finally, at school. They have a short opening ceremony in the music room, and we're told Touka is in class 2A. Momoka bothers him throughout the whole thing about the wonderful music. A voice behind them tells them to be quiet, and Touka calls Momoka a baka. Haruhiko is unhappy that Momoka's not in the same class that he's in.
-Afterwards on the campus, Momoka calls Touka a little kid, and gets kicked for it. She stops talking after a bit before Touka calls her back to attention, but she still sounds preoccupied when she's talking. A new girl, (Satsuki) comes over, looking for the two of them and introduces herself as their classmate. She tells them their teacher (Akidzuki-sensei) was looking for them. Touka wonders if Haruhiko should be with them, and Satsuki says they'll go find him.
-Inside, Keiko greets them (I think she's the secretary). She asks for all four of their names, and thinks they're all good friends. She talks some more, mentioning Kiyotsugu in there, how she knew Kiyoharu also (mentions him with a -kun), how Yumiko came to this school too. I didn't catch the rest. Momoka asks her if there's a cafeteria, and Keiko responds there's also a restauant too. Some talk about the other facilities in the huge school. Momoka's stomach rumbles loudly, so the students go eat lunch.
-At the cafeteria, Momoka is over the moon. Touka gets chided for calling Satsuki "Sacchan", but he reminds them they're all friends now. He asks if the Butterfly Sisters go here. She says they do, and she's a little surprised that he knows them already. She explains about the two rival clubs, Hasu-kai(蓮会) and Ninomiya-kai(二宮会).

Just that one part in the beginning where I chose to go to different rooms, and that random fight. The rest is just clicking to continue. Nevermind. I got to an option thing right after I started playing today.

The art is...I don't know...Carnelian? Lots of pretty girls, everything seems to have an erotic touch and occasional lapses into chibi mode (but she's done hardcore yaoi games too, I think, so she can make bishies). The focus is definitely on the people, not the backgrounds, even in the CG's. The general backgrounds are kind of hazy looking. I haven't seen too many of those exotic backgrounds that I loved in the anime.

Haruhiko always seems to be either some sort of tsundere or just plain old grumpy.

Spoiler:

- Some more talking in the lunchroom.
- Taken to a bird's-eye view of Kamitsumihara. Now I have the choice between the school and some other place near it that I can't read. Let's go to school first. Satsuki tells Touka a little bit about the history of the school, and all the places one can go on campus.
-Now to the surroundings...Touka is at the school gates and he's greeted by some campus lady named Kagami Eiko (鏡 映子), who wasn't on the website, but I'll try to get a picture for you later. Anyways, Momoka thinks Eiko is like a bus guide. Satsuki talks a little bit about what the Kamiazuma family has done for the school.
-Back to school. Satsuki talks about the clubs. Keiko comes over to talk ask if Touka and Momoka are enjoying the tour.
-Off to the Maiden (舞殿)/dance hall?, which looks like a typical Japanese shrine to me. Satsuki says there's a ceremony here every year, and Haruhiko (wow, he's still with us) asks about the Utahime/Song Princess (唄姫). Satsuki says the Utahime is the number one miko too. Currently, it's Futaba Riko, not Makoto like it was in the anime. Some puns about 唄/歌 (both pronounced uta and mean "song"), that I think is about the Utahime's singing. They realize they probably left Momoka behind somewhere.
-Momoka is actually somewhere else outside, taking pictures. The other three catch up to her, and they talk more about the Utahime and dancing and singing. Satsuki tells Momoka not to get separated any more because they were worried about her. Haruhiko stays at the hall.
-Now off to the club place where that little kid Tatsuya and some butler looking guy are. I think the director's office is here. Oh wait, Haruhiko is still with them, and he gets annoyed when Tatsuya bumps into him. Tatsuya pulls a tough kid act, until his butler comes after him, and he runs off. The butler catches up to Haruhiko and introduces himself as Dan Kokonoe (壇 九重), butler for the Ijuuin family. Of course, Momoka is very impressed, and she takes a picture of him. Touka apologizes for her, but Kokonoe says he thinks it's cute, but quickly excuses himself again to chase after Tatsuya.
-Time to meet the Terrible Threesome. The four of them go to the Tokei-kan (時計館), another shrine-looking place, which might be someone's mansion if I'm translating it correctly. Explanations of the place from Satsuki, which once again, I don't understand. Ageha, Tateha and Seseri rudely interrupt Satsuki, calling themselves the related to princesses of some other mansion/house. They're very sumg and quickly anger Haruhiko and Satsuki. Then they tease Touka about his Mama, and his temper starts rising as well. Momoka, on the other hand, is impressed and takes pictures of them. The three strangers get annoyed, even though she says they're cute and cool. They're surprised that they knew Haruhiko, Satsuki and Touka's names, but they don't know who Momoka is. Also, they're quite friendly to her, and they talk about some onee-samas, which leads me to believe they're the little brothers of the Butterfly Triplets (I'm having a little trouble deciding on their gender too). Soon they realize what they're doing and take on the gruff attitude with Momoka again, railing about her camera. After some more talk, the three leave. Satsuki is frustrated, Touka and Haruhiko are very annoyed. She says they're notorious gossipers. Momoka, who wasn't really paying any attention during the exchange, wonders why the three of them were calling them mean.

Spoiler for More character pictures:

Kagami Eiko (鏡 映子) Dan Kokonoe (壇 九重)

Blah, everything that furigana is probably important, so I'll just keep track of it for myself here...

Oh, so the "blonde bombshell" Riko Futaba is a singer and priestess too? That would explain two of the CGs I've seen of her, one where she appears to be singing and another where she's doing a ceremonial dance in miko costume. Oddly enough, she seems to

Spoiler for Touka Gettan:

have more h-scenes with Touka than even Momoka does.

Is there actual singing by the heroine's voice actresses in this game? That would be awesome to witness firsthand.

-Touka wants to beat up those three punks for insulting his Mama, but decides to walk away eventually.
-West side of the mountain now. There are a bunch of little shrine things there and they have something to do with Ninomiya. The east side looks pretty much the same, except some talking crows wearing geta sandals come to interrupt. They laugh about being chibis and then fly off...
-Butterfly Palace now, where I think the Butterfly Sisters live. A little girl, probably Yuurika, in a cat costume comes out to greet the group. She talks about the Butterfly triplets and leaves.
-Next, they visit the student dormitories. Satsuki talks about the best students at school, who are determined through tests. Touka asks Satsuki if she lives here, and she does, so he wants to visit. She refuses, because it's girls only at her place.
-I've visited all the places now...so I'm just wandering aimlessly now...>.<
-At the Maiden again, Satsuki says the Flame Dance is held here.

Ugh...giving up for tonight. I'm stuck. I picked through all the places again, but I can't seem to get anything new.